Automatic poker for gas-producers.



W.F. RUST. AUTOMATIC POKER POE GAS PRODUCERS. APPLIUATIONTILED DEO. 31,191,0;

1,008,494, Patem ed Nov. 14, 1911.

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W. P. RUST. AUTOMATIG` POKERy FOR GAS PRODUGIERS.V

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- Patented NOV.14, `1911.`

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wwf `l .cal sections 1 and 2, havin which my improvements belong. Iplace external to the producer wall the ring 4, having 'the section 2 ofthe wall I provide the anbroken away 'guard 8 pro'ecting trough 7 T ering has the llange 9 which thebevel gear 16 driven from 'any suitableUNITED STATES WILLIAM r. itUsT, or

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AUTOMATIC Ponsa iron Gasriioiiucnns.

Bpecincation of Lettcrl Patent.

Patented Nov.. 14, 1911.

Application tiled December 31, 1910. Atieilal No. 600,353.

To all whmvi 'it may concern."

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. RUST, a citizen of the United States,residing at Youngstown, in the'county of Mahoning and State of Ohio,have invented new and useful Improvements in Automatic Pokcrs for Gas-Iroducers, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to power-driven pokers for gas-producers and theirequivalents and its ob]ect is to provide a poker or okers which workthrough an annular slot 1n the producer-wall, the supporting and drivingdevices for the same being whollyl exterior to the said wall.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical centralsection through the central portion of a gas-producer; Fig. 2, a plan,partly broken away, of a p oker, from its supporting rin Fi 3, a sectionof Fig. 20u the line II -II and Fig. 4, a vertical section partly ineleva tion of a gas producer, the lower portion bein `omitted. p

f I ferring first to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, I show the producer-wallcomposed of the two vertithe same diameter, 'the section 1 beingdirectly over the section 2.4 The sections are se arated h the space 3which extends entire y aroun the reducer. The section 1 may be supported1n various was which will readily suggest themselves tot ose acquaintedwith the art to the upwardlyopentrough 5 containing water supplied fromany convenient source. The section 1 carries an annular sheet-metalguard 6 which projects into the water in the trough to prevent the gaswithin the producer from escaping between the section 1 and the ring 4.Around the upper end of nular trough 7, the ring 4 having an annularinto the water in the rests on the rollers 10, carried by the arms 11which are secured tosuitable fixed supports, not shown. The ring 4 isrotated around the roducer wall by means of the pinion 12 w 'ch mesheswith teeth on the The pinion is carried by the shaft 13 having bearingsin the arms 14 and 15, their outer ends being secured to any suitableixed support, not shown. The shaft 13 has through the space pokcrarm 2Oproj ectingdc wnwardly.

source of power. The rol] irs 17, secured to suitable fixed supports (meas 14 being shown), ride on the top if the outer side of thering 4 toprevent th e ring from moving upwardly. rest against the peripheryprevent lateral movement of the ring. The ring 4 carries one or morewater-cooled poker-arms,- as 19 and S0, which project or slot l into theinterior of the producer at such ingle or angles as may be desired.. Ihave shown the pokerarm 19 projecting radiali: and .horizontally intothe producer, but thi direction of projection may be varied. 4 have.shown the Other poker-arms may be provl ded projecting in variousdirections, or all 2 nay be alike.

As the arms 19 and 20 ire alike except as to directions theyv take iitlie producer, I will describe the arm 19 only. The polierarln 19 hastherein a ve 'tical partition 21 which` extends fromthe outeriwall ofthe ring 4 below the trough 5 nearly-to the outer end. The passage 22 atc ne side of the' partit-ion communicates wi Th the trough 5. From thepassage 22 th water flows past the end of the partition 21 into thereturn passage 23 in the pokei -arm at the other side of thepartition.`A t Vthe outer end of the passage 23 and in th s bottom thereof I rovidethe outlet 24 whi :h discharges water into the trough 7. The `rater inthe trough 7 may be carrcd'oil to a i desired` place, as the usualwater-pit at th( ttom of the producer.

The poker arms and vided at one or both side with the plows or curved.surfaces 25 which lie in the slot 3 and mer ge at oppositeens into thepoker-arms and the ring as shown on Figs. 2 and 3. The s irfaces orplows 25 are drawn from radii h wing centers l in the angle between thepoker arms andY ring i, so that as the producer wall, the plows 25 willpush back into the producer suchfuel as may have lodged in the slot i .V

The principal difference between Fig. 1

s of thepoker arms und 'the poker-'ends to prevent thevproducei gas fromins the' the rii g 4` revolves around 4 lies lin the dilferent style ofthe Any nurr loer of rollers 18 of the ring 4 to o he ring 4 are pi'olos4' in which there are 1410 The wai'erfrom the trough 5 enters one endofthe poker 19a Athrough the pipe 27 and is discharged from the other endof the poker into the trough 7 by the pipe 28. The ring 4 may have plowslike the plows 25 on Figs.

2 and 3, if desired, but they would not be.

ing wall whereby the fuel within the said wall cannot Contact therewith,fuel-agitating means secured to the ring and projecting through the saidhorizontal space and beyond the inclosing wall, and means for rotatingthe ring.

2. In a gas-producer or the like, an inclosing vertical wall, having twosections separated by a horizontal space, a rotatable ring locatedoutside theiperiphery of the inclosing wall whereby the fuel within thesaid wall cannot contact therewith, an annular water-trough on saidring, an annular guard on the upper section extending into the trough,an annular trough on the lower section, an annular guard on the ringextending into the lower trough, a hollow lpoker extending through thesaid space and into the producer and having one end of the hollowarranged to receive water from the upper trough and the other endarranged to discharge water into the lower trough, and means forrotating the ring.

3. In a gas-producer or the like, an inclosing vertical wall, having twosections sepay rated by a horizontal space, a rotatable ring outside theperiphery of the wall, a poker thesaid space into the producer, a plowcarried by the ring and located in the said space to push into theproducer any fuel lodging in the said space, and means for rotating thering.

Signed at Pittsburgh, Pa., this 22nd day of December, A. D; 1910.

WILLIAM F. RUST. lVitnesses 1 Amon E. DUFF, F. N. BARBER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

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